The end may be in sight for the long-awaited “Uncharted” movie, at least from a pre-production standpoint.

Video game movies have always been touchy for gamers. We get excited that one of our favorite titles is getting the live-action treatment, but we’re apprehensive because Hollywood usually takes the game’s name and characters but writes a story that doesn’t follow the game’s canon.

That could change with “Uncharted.”

Based on the popular and critically-acclaimed PlayStation 3-exclusive series from Naughty Dog (makers of The Last of Us), “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune,” has been in development for several years with a number of people attached to helm it.

But according to Deadline, Sony has settled on director Seth Gordon, the man behind the gaming documentary “The King of Kong” — a favorite of old-school arcade enthusiasts and gamers in general — but also “Horrible Bosses” and “Identity Thief.”

A&E reporter John Wenzel has covered a variety of topics for The Denver Post over the years, including video games, comedy, music and the fine arts. He's been playing and loving video games since his dad brought home a sweet ColecoVision in 1983. Catch him on PSN as beardsandgum.

Hugh got his start writing for the Cheyenne and Woodmen Edition newspapers in Colorado Springs. In 2011 he moved to Denver where he has written for Denver Urban Spectrum and Colorado Community Media’s Wheat Ridge Transcript. Hugh joined The Denver Post in 2014 as an editorial assistant.

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